Coke to make nutritional information larger on labels

October 01, 2009|By From news services

Coca-Cola Co. said it will change packaging on almost all its products to more prominently display some nutritional information as it faces threats of taxes on soda and other attacks related to rising obesity.

The information will include calories per serving and will be added to almost all of the soft drink giant's products.

The company said it hopes the broken-out details will be more convenient for customers, saying it wants to make it "easier for consumers worldwide to make more informed decisions." Bottles and cans also will have regular nutritional labels.

Coke says it already has changed packaging on products in Europe and Australia and is in the process of changing them in the U.S. and Mexico. The initiative is to be completed by the end of 2011.